Article debate En 6

Individual and in group Individual: Search for an article on the Internet or in one of the files of the English department. Choose an article that you find interesting. The article must be at least one page long, no pictures/photos included! (Check with me before you start working with it!) The first step is to read the article carefully. Make sure you understand it and learn all new words in the text. (Write down and translate the words!) Think about who wrote the article. Is it trustworthy? Is there a hidden agenda? Is there a message or a purpose with the text? Prepare an oral summary of the article. Use keywords from the text. What are your opinions and thoughts about the topic? Does the text arouse any questions/feelings or ideas? With your article as a starting point come up with three interesting questions that can be discussed in a small group. The questions may have to do with the specific topic of the article or the topic in general. Example: if your article is about the September 11 terror attack, your questions could be:What can be done to prevent/stop terrorism? Are you afraid that something like that will happen in Sweden, why or why not? What do you think about the security at airports nowadays, more than ten years after the attack? Do you feel safe? The questions must be handed out to your group members a couple of days before the debate! In group: Debate leader Present your article title/writer and give a short summary of the topic. Tell your group about your thoughts and opinions about the article/topic. Present your questions and start a discussion/debate in the group. Make sure everyone in the group gets a chance to speak, help them and involve them in the discussion. When you take part in the debates Read through everyones questions carefully in advance and prepare your opinions/answers so you can be active in the discussions. You may have to look up some words, you cannot do that during the debates!

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Kunskapskrav: Ur centralt innehll: Texter av olika slag och med olika syften. Strategier fr att ska relevant information i strre textmngder och fr att uppfatta perspektiv och underfrstdd betydelse. Strategier fr kllkritiskt frhllningsstt nr man lser framstllningar frn olika kllor och i olika medier. Muntlig produktion och interaktion i olika situationer och med olika syften, dr eleverna argumenterar, rapporterar, resonerar, sammanfattar, kommenterar, vrderar och motiverar sina sikter. Strategier fr att bidra till och aktivt medverka i argumentation, debatter och diskussioner med anknytning till samhllsoch arbetslivet. E Eleven kan frst huvudsakligt innehll och uppfattar tydliga detaljer i artikeln och visar detta genom att versiktligt redogra fr innehllet Eleven gr ngon reflektion ver kllans tillfrlitlighet C Eleven uppfattar viktiga detaljer i artikeln och visar detta genom att tydligt redogra fr och frska problematisera, allts frska se flera sidor av innehllet A Eleven visar sin frstelse genom att p ett intressant stt summera texten samt kommentera och dra vertygande slutsatser om innehllet utifrn flera perspektiv Elevens kllkritiska synpunkter r tnkvrda

Eleven formulerar sig relativt varierat, tydligt och relativt strukturerat.

Eleven formulerar sig varierat och strukturerat, allts med ganska bra vokabulr (ordfrrd) och inte rrigt och osammanhngande

Eleven formulerar sig nyanserat, allts med vl valda och korrekta och uttrycksfulla ord och uttryck samt med gott uttal

Eleven uttrycker sig Eleven uttrycker sig Eleven uttrycker sig tydligt och med flyt samt relativt ledigt och ledigt och anvnder vl med viss anpassning till anpassat efter syfte, fungerande strategier som syfte, mottagare och situation och mottagare lser problem i och situation. Eleven kan Eleven vljer fungerande frbttrar interaktionen vlja och anvnda i strategier som lser och kan fra den framt huvudsak fungerande problem i och frbttrar p ett konstruktivt stt strategier som i viss mn interaktionen lser problem i och frbttrar interaktionen Fljande innehll vas utan att bedmas: Olika stt att kommentera och fra anteckningar nr man lyssnar till och lser framstllningar frn olika kllor. Konkreta och abstrakta mnesomrden med anknytning till elevernas utbildning samt samhlls- och arbetsliv; aktuella mnesomrden; tankar, sikter, ider, erfarenheter och knslor; etiska och existentiella frgor.

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Things to consider: When you make a statement there might be someone who disagrees and wants to argue with you. Then there might be a good debate between the two of you! A debate is a battle with words, an exchange of opinions. And just as in a football games you have to stick to the rules, or the debate wont lead you anywhere. Try to think about the following: Use facts and not your personal feelings Stick to the subject and dont attack the other person: He is just stupid Dont generalize by saying: Everybody knows, Everybody does Dont use hostile or aggressive words like: That is bullshit

Bad strategies: Generalizations: Arguments of majority: Arguments of authority: right Irony: Personal attacks: meat All meat eaters smell bad Everybody thinks it is right to eat meat If the King eats meat then it must be Executing animals is so right, you should do it everyday NN is so ugly and he eats

Think about: Is it more important to win a debate than coming up with a solution? What is the difference between being right and getting right?

Wise expressions to start with: Im sure youre right when you saybut I think It might also be like this What you say may be correct under certain circumstances, but Yes, that might be the case, but we cant forget that Would you for a moment think about it like this

Bad strategies: Generalizations: Arguments of majority: All meat eaters smell bad Everybody thinks it is right to eat meat Slottegymnasiet, Ljusdal ljusdal.se

Arguments of authority: right Irony: Personal attacks: meat

If the King eats meat then it must be Executing animals is so right, you should do it everyday NN is so ugly and he eats

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